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05-28-2009, 08:10 PM | #1 |
♥LiVe♥LauGH♥LoVe♥ Donating Member Join Date: May 2009 Location: Tyler's Heart, North♥Carolina
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| For those who have lost patience.... I can't believe it. Tyler and I had the biggest break through tonight (: For those who have been keeping up, & those who haven't, here's a short recap. started tyler with access to living room and dining room and outside potty training. MANY MANY MANY accidents. AND tyler began using his crate as a potty ): began using the umbilical method. that is where you tether your puppy to yourself at ALL times. tyler would go pee right there in front of me. this was not the right solution either. at this point i'm halfway to my wits end. i bought an xpen and potty pads thinking that i would be able to watch him closer and hopefully he would pick up on potty pad training. at first he did ok but then i think he became confused since i had been outside training him. FINALLY i used the xpen (unfolded) to section off JUST the living room. I had a VERY close watch on Tyler since my daughter and I mainly stay in there during the day (I'm a stay at home mommy) When he would start to sniff about I would immediately take him out. there were times that he would squat to pee and i'd clap loudly to stop him then run him out to pee. (same with pooping) and tonight tyler went to the door and just stared at me!!!!!!!!!!! i was thinking there is no way that he's trying to tell me he has to go. sure enough i took him out and he pooped (: (: all this said, if you are frustrated, THERE IS HOPE!!! (: As long as you have patience and do what works best for you, you're puppy is sure to master potty training... no matter how long it takes (: i know we aren't 100% graduates but we're getting there!! Wish us luck (: |
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05-28-2009, 08:25 PM | #2 |
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| There is always hope.. no sense in getting frustrated... glad it worked for you.. they do come along.. gracie took one year to not pp in the hallway at night.. my pepsie when he was young.. pooped in the house for well over a year.. but he would poop then bark to go to pp out side.. go figure.. but he did get it.. as I do not punish... but reward when good.. and I was also working then too... make it harder to train outside... anne |
05-28-2009, 08:51 PM | #4 |
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05-28-2009, 09:02 PM | #5 |
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| I am happy for you and your little one. Sad for me as Abby is still messing in her crate, though maybe, just maybe not quite as often. Last night she messed on her blanket. Talk about at wits end.............................................. Tonight she couldn't hold it and tried to tell me she had to go out but it was too late...........poop on the floor Last Saturday I took her out to potty before I went away. I was gone for about 1 hour and 15 minutes and I came home and she had peed in her crate. This is not the first time she has done that. I don't know if she is unhappy with me leaving her alone and decides to "pay me back" or what. She is 9 months old. I have never, ever had a yorkie that has taken this long nor had so much trouble potty training. So frustrated.......................yep. |
05-28-2009, 09:15 PM | #6 | |
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05-28-2009, 11:59 PM | #7 |
Thor's Human Donating Member | Ah, potty training. The highs are so high, and the lows are so low. I don't know if this will help, AbbysMom, but I read a funny story recently about a professional dog trainer. She had a little puppy who just wasn't getting potty training. She said that he never went indoors because she took him outside every hour for months. As recommended, she would give the puppy a treat every time he pottied. She had some other pets in addition to this guy, and if they happened to be around, she would give them treats too so they wouldn't get jealous. Well, she said it got to the point where even the cat figured out that it should follow the puppy outside and wait for him to potty; all the animals in the house would get excited when he pooped, because they knew they were about to get treats... the only one who didn't know was the pooping puppy. One day he finally got it, of course. The story is meant to illustrate that some dogs, it really does take a long time to click. I have faith it will happen, though! You've got three months until she's officially failed potty school.
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05-29-2009, 12:02 AM | #8 | |
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05-29-2009, 04:35 AM | #9 |
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| Congrats on the potty training! He's getting there.
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05-29-2009, 07:16 AM | #10 |
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| Your story is encouraging! Thanks for posting it as I'm going through the same thing with Gizmo. May I ask how old Tyler is? Gizmo is just over 4 months. He seems to be going through a rebellious stage with biting and potty training. Both my 19 year old son and myself have been working as a team to keep the consistency. We'll just keep it up knowing that eventually Gizmo will get it ) I've waited 5 years to get my little guy and I want to do right by him. |
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05-29-2009, 10:08 PM | #12 | |
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05-29-2009, 10:55 PM | #13 |
Thor's Human Donating Member | Oops, sorry, I was trying to be inspiring. Guess I missed the mark! I'm sure she won't fail potty school. Keep hope alive.
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05-30-2009, 09:26 PM | #14 |
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05-30-2009, 09:39 PM | #15 |
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| Hang in there! She will get it!
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